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A North Korean defector prepares to release a balloon containing leaflets denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, near the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea, in April 2016. | REUTERS
Reuters Dec 15, 2020
Seoul – South Korea on Monday banned the launching of propaganda leaflets into North Korea, drawing the criticism of rights activists and defiance from a prominent North Korean defector who said he would not stop sending messages to his homeland.
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In this file photo, South Korean and US activists release balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets at a field near the Demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas in the border city of Paju on April 29, 2016. - AFP
SEOUL (Reuters): South Korea s Parliament passed a Bill on Monday (Dec 14) to ban the launching of propaganda leaflets into North Korea, a move that was condemned by rights activists as a violation of freedom of speech.
Groups run by North Korean defectors and other campaigners have for decades sent anti-Pyongyang leaflets alongside food, medicine, US$1 bills, mini radios and USB sticks containing South Korean news and dramas into the North, usually by balloon or in bottles on border rivers. North Korea has long denounced the practice.
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